TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I (XLIIL) THE HOLY SEE AND THE WANDERING OF THE NATIONS Introduction Connection with Volume V, St Leo's action, i Denial of the Primacy as acknowledged at Chalcedon suicidal on the part of those who believe in the Church, 3 Subject of this volume as compared with the fifth, 5 The second wonder in human history, 6 The acknowledgment of the Primacy and the political powerlessness of the city of Eome coeval, 6 The three hundred years from Genseric to Astolphus, 9 St Leo in Rome after Genseric, 10 Political condition of Rome Avitus emperor, 455-6, 13 Majorian emperor, 457-461, 14 Death of Pope Leo ; changes seen by him in his life, 15 Hilarus Pope and Libius Severus emperor, 461-465, 16 The over-lordship of Byzantium admitted in the choice of the Greek Anthemius as emperor, 467, 18 Sidonius Apollinaris an eye-witness of Rome's splendour, subjection to Byzantium, and unchanged habits in 467, 19 Anthemius murdered and Rome plundered by Ricimer, 472, 20 Olybrius emperor, 472 ; Ricimer and Olybrius die of the plague, 20 Glycerins emperor, 473; Nepos, 474; Romulus Augustulus, 475, 21 The senate declares to the eastern emperor that an emperor of the West is needless, 22 The twenty-one years' death-agony of imperial Rome, 23 State of the western provinces since the death of Theodosius I., 24 The first and the second victory of the Church, 25 The effect produced by the wandering of the nations, 26 The Visigoth and Ostrogoth migrations, 27 Gaul overrun by Teuton invaders, 28 Arianism propagated by the Goths among the other tribes, 29 Burgundian kingdom of Lyons Spain overrun, 30 The Vandals in North Africa and their persecution of Catholics, 31 The Hunnish inroads, 33 All the western provinces under Teuton governments, 35 Odoacer and Theodorick, 36 Odoacer succeeded by Theodorick after the capture of Ravenna, 38 The character of Theodorick's reign, 39 His fairness towards the Roman Church and Pontiff, 40 The contrast between Theodorick and Ciovis, 42 The dictum of Ataulph on the Roman empire, 43 Ataulph and Theodorick represent the better judgments of the invaders, 44 The outlook of Pope Simplicius at Rome over the western provinces, 45 And over the eastern empire, 46 Basiliscus and Zeno the first theologising emperors, 47 How the races descending on the empire had become Arian, 49 The point of time when the Church was in danger of losing all which she had gained, 50 How the division of the empire called out the Primacy, 51 How the extinction of the western empire does so yet more, 53 How the Pope was the sole fixed point in a transitional world, 54 Guizot's testimony, 55 What St Jerome, Sc Augustine, and St Leo did not foresee, which we behold, 57 CHAPTER II (XLIV.) CAESAR FELL DOWN Great changes in the Roman State following the time of St Leo, 59 Nature of the succession in the Caesarean throne, and then in the Byzantine, 61 Personal changes in the Popes and eastern emperors, 62 Gennadius succeeds Anatolius, and Acacius succeeds Gennadius in the see of Constantinople, 64 Acacius resists the Encyclikon of Basiliscus, 65 Letter of Pope Simplicius to the emperor Zeno, 66 Advancement of Acacius by Zeno, 69 Acacius induces Zeno to publish a formulary of doctrine, 70 John Talaia, elected patriarch of Alexandria, appeals for support to Pope Simplicius, 70 Pope Felix sends an embassy to the emperor, 71 His letter to Zeno, 72 His letter to Acacius, 73 His legates arrested, imprisoned, robbed, and seduced, 74 Pope Felix synodically deposes Acacius, 75 Enumerates his misdeeds in the sentence, 76 Synodal decrees in Italy signed by the Pope alone, 78 Letter of Pope Felix to Zeno setting forth the condemnation of Acacius, 79 The condition of the Pope when he thus wrote, 81 How Acacius received the Pope's condemnation, 83 The position which Acacius thereupon took up, 84 The greatness of the bishop of Constantinople identified with the greatness of his city, 84 The humiliations of Rome witnessed by Acacius, 86 How the Pope, under these humiliations, spoke to Acacius and to the emperor, 88 The Pope on the one side, Acacius on the other, represent an absolute contradiction, 89 Eudoxius and Valens matched by Acacius and Zeno, 92 Death of Acacius, and estimate of him by three contemporaries, 93 Fravita, succeeding Acacius, seeks the Pope's recognition, 93 Letters of the emperor and Fravita to the Pope, and his answers, 94 The position taken by Acacius not maintained by Zeno and Fravita, 96 Nor by Euphemius, who succeeds Fravita, 96 Euphemius suspects and resists the new emperor Anastasius, 97 Condition of the Empire and the Church at the accession of Pope Gelasius in 492, 98 The "libellus synodicus" on the emperor Anastasius, 100 With whom the four Popes — Gelasius, Anastasius, Symmachus, and Hormisdas — have to deal, 101 Euphemius, writing to the Pope, acknowledges him to be successor of St Peter, 103 Gelasius replies to Euphemius, insisting on the repudiation of Acacius, 104 Absolute obedience of the Illyrian bishops professed to the Apostolic See, 105 Gelasius shows that the canons make the First See supreme judge of all, 106 Says that the bishop of Constantinople holds no rank among bishops, 107 Praises bishops who have resisted the wrongdoings of temporal rulers, 108 The Holy See, in virtue of its Principate, confirms every Council, 109 Gelasius in 494 defines to the emperor the domain of the Two Powers, 110 And the subordination of the temporal ruler in spiritual things, 111 The words of Gelasius have become the law of the Church, 113 The emperor Anastasius deposes Euphemius by the Besident Council, 1 14 Pope Gelasius, in a council of seventy bishops at Eome, sets forth the divine institution of the Primacy, 115 And the order of the three Patriarchal Sees, 115 And three General Councils — the Nicene, Ephesine, and Chalcedonic, 115 Denies to the see of Constantinople any rank beyond that of an ordinary bishop, and omits the Council of 381, 116 Death of Pope Gelasius and character of his pontificate, 118 His own description of the time in which he lived, 118 CHAPTER III (XLV.) PETER STOOD UP Pope Anastasius : his letter to the emperor Anastasius, 120 He makes the Pope's position in the Church parallel with that of the emperor in the world, 121 He writes to Clovis on his conversion, 122 St Gregory of Tours notes the prosperity of Catholic kingdoms and the decline of Arian in the West, 123 Letter of St Avitus, bishop of Vienne, to Clovis on his baptism, 124 He recognises the vast importance of the professing the Catholic faith by Clovis, 125 And the duty of Clovis to propagate the faith in peoples around, 126 How the words of St Avitus to Clovis were fulfilled in history, 127 The election of Pope Symmachus traversed by the emperor's agent, 128 His letter termed "Apologetica" to the eastern emperor, 129 The imperial and papal power compared, 131 The papal and the sovereign power the double permanent head of human society, 133 Emperors wont to acknowledge Popes on their accession, 134 Inferences to be deduced from this letter, 135 The answer of the emperor Anastasius is to stir up a fresh schism at Rome, 136 The Synodus Palmaris, without judging the Pope, declares him free from all charge, 137 Letter of the bishop of Vienne to the Roman senate upon this Council, 139 The cause of the Bishop of Borne is not that of one bishop, but of the Episcopate itself, 140 Words of Ennodius, bishop of Pavia, embodied in the acts of the Eoman Council of 503, 142 Result of the attack of the emperor on the Pope is the recording in black and white that the First See is judged by no man, 143 The eastern Church under the emperor Anastasius, 143 He deposes Macedonius as well as Euphemius, 144 Both these bishops of Byzantium failed to resist his despotism, 147 Eastern bishops address Pope Symmachus to succour them, 148 Pope Hormisdas succeeds Symmachus in 514, 149 His instruction to the legates sent to Constantinople, 150 The bishop of Constantinople presents all bishops to the emperor, 157 The conditions for reunion made by Pope Hormisdas, 158 The treacherous conduct of the emperor, 159 Hormisdas describes Greek diplomacy, 160 The Syrian Archimandrites supplicate the Pope for help, 161 Sudden death of the emperor Anastasius, 162 The emperor Justin's election and antecedents, 162 He notifies his accession to the Pope, 163 The Pope holds a council and sends an embassy to Constantinople, 164 The bishop, clergy, and emperor accept the terms of the Pope, 165 The formulary of union signed by them, 167 The report of the legates to the Pope, 169 The emperor Justin's letter to the Pope, 170 Character of the period 455-519, 171 Political state of the East and West most perilous to the Church, 172 The Popes under Odoacer and Theodorick, 173 How Acacius took advantage of the political situation, 174 The meaning and range of his attempt, 175 The Pope from 476 onwards rests solely upon his Apostolate, 176 The seven Popes who succeed St Leo, 179 The seven bishops who succeed Anatolius at Constantinople, 180 The eastern emperors in this time, 182 The state of the eastern patriarchates, Alexandria and Antioch 184 The waning of secular Rome reveals the power of the Pontificate, 185 The Popes alone preserved the East from the Eutychean heresy, 185 The position of St Leo maintained by the seven following Popes, 186 The submission to Hormisdas an act of the "undivided" Church, 187 The adverse circumstances which developed the Pope's Principate, 188 CHAPTER IV (XLVL) JUSTINIAN Sequel in Justinian of the submission to Pope Hormisdas, 189 His acknowledgment of the Primacy to Pope John II in 533, 190 Reply of Pope John II confirming the confession sent to him by Justinian, 191 The Pandects of Justinian issued in the same year, 192 Close interweaving of ecclesiastical and temporal interests, 193 Interference with the freedom of the papal election by the temporal ruler, 194 Letter of Cassiodorus as PraBtorian prefect to Pope John II., 195 Justinian all his reign acknowledged the Primacy of the Pope, 196 His character, purposes, and actions, 196 Succeeds his uncle the emperor Justin I., 198 Great political changes coeval with his succession, 199 He reconquers Northern Africa by Belisarius, 199 The Catholic bishops of Africa meet again in General Council, 200 They send an embassy to consult Pope John II., 201 Pope Agapetus notes their reference to the Apostolic Principate, 202 Great renown of Justinian at the reconquest of Africa, 203 Pope Agapetus at Constantinople deposes its bishop, 204 Justinian begins the Gothic War Belisarius enters Borne, 205 He is welcomed as restorer of the empire, 206 The empress Theodora deposes Pope Silverius by Belisarius, 207 First siege of Borne by Vitiges, 210 The mausoleum of Hadrian stripped of its statues, 211 Vitiges, having lost half his army, raises the siege, 213 Belisarius, having reconquered Italy, is recalled for the war with Persia, 214 Totila, elected Gothic king, renews the war, 214 Visits St Benedict at Monte Cassino, and is warned by him, 215 Second siege of Borne by Totila 216 Borne taken by Totila in 546, 216 Third capture of Borne by Belisarius, in 547, 217 Fourth capture of Bome by Totila, in 549, 218 Totila defeated and killed by Narses at Taginas, 219 Fifth capture of Bome by Narses, in 552, 220 End of the Gothic war, in 555, 221 Its effect on the civil condition of the Pope, Italy, and Bome, 222 The sufferings of Bome from assailants and defenders, 223 The new test of papal authority applied by these events, 225 Vigilius, having become legitimate Pope, is sent for by Justinian, 226 Church proceedings at Constantinople after the death of Pope Agapetus, 227 The patriarch Mennas, in conjunction with the emperor, consecrates at Constantinople a patriarch of Alexandria, 228 The Origenistic struggle in the eastern empire, 229 Justinian theologising, 230 The whole East urged to consent to his edict on doctrine, 231 Pope Vigilius, summoned by Justinian, enters Constantinople, 232 After long conferences with emperor and bishops he issues a Judgment, 234 The Pope and emperor agree upon holding a General Council, 235 The emperor's despotism, and the bishops crouching before it, 236 The Pope takes sanctuary, and is torn away from the altar, 237 Flies to the church at Chalcedon, 238 The bishops relent, and the Pope returns to Constantinople, 239 Eutychius, succeeding Mennas, proposes a council under presidency of the Pope, 239 The emperor causes it to meet under Eutychius without the Pope, 240 Proceedings of the Council The Pope declines their invitation, 241 Close of the Council, without the Pope's presence, 242 The Pope issues a Constitution apart from the Council, 242 Also a condemnation of the Three Chapters without mention of the Council, 243 The Pope on his way back to Bome dies at Syracuse, 244 The patriarch Eutychius, refusing to sign a doctrinal decree of Justinian, is deposed by the Eesident Council, 244 Justinian issues his Pragmatic Sanction for government of Italy, 245 State of things following in Italy, 246 Justinian's conception of the relation between Church and State, 248 He gives to the decrees of Councils and to the canons the force of law, 250 Three leading principles in these enactments, 251 The State completely recognises the Church's whole constitution, 251 The episcopal idea thoroughly realised, 253 Concurrent action of the laws of Church and State herein, 254 Justinian further associated bishops with the civil government, 255 The part given to them in civil administration, 256 A system of mutual supervision in bishops and governors, 257 The branches of civil matters specially put under bishops, 259 The completeness and the cordiality of the alliance with the Church, 261 Which differentiates Justinian's attitude from that of modern governments, 262 In what Justinian was a true maintainor of the imperial idea, 264 The dark blot which lies upon Justinian, 267 How he passed from the line of defence to that of interference and mastery, 269 The result, spiritual and temporal, of Justinian's reign, 270 CHAPTER V (XLVIL) ST GREGORY THE GREAT The state of Rome as a city after the prefecture of Narses, 272 Contrast of Nova Roma 274 The Rome of the Church a new city, 275 St Gregory's antecedents as prefect, monk, nuncio, and deacon of the Roman Church, 276 Elected Pope against his will His description of his work, 278 And of the time's calamity, 279 The utter misery of Rome expressed in the words of Ezechiel, 281 Contrast between the language used of Rome by St Leo and St Gregory, 283 St Gregory closes his preaching in St Peter's, overcome with sorrow, 284 The works of St Gregory out of this Rome, 285 The Lombard descent on Italy, 287 Rome ransomed from the Lombards, and Monte Cassino destroyed, 290 The Primacy untouched by the temporal calamities of Rome, 292 Its unique prerogative brought out by unequalled sufferings, 293 The new city of Rome lived only by the Primacy, 294 St Gregory's account of the Primacy to the empress Constantina, 295 He identifies his own authority with that of St Peter, 296 Writes to the emperor Mauritius that the union of the Two Powers would secure the empire against barbarians, 297 Claims to the emperor St Peter's charge over the whole Church, 298 John the Faster's assumed title an injury to the whole Church, 299 What St Gregory infers from the three patriarchal sees being all sees of Peter, 301 Contrast drawn by St Gregory between the Pope's Principate and John the Faster's assumed title, 302 The fatal falsehood which this title presupposed, 303 The opposing truth in the Principate made de Fide by the Vatican Council, 306 St Leo against Anatolius, and St Gregory against John the Faster, occupy like positions, 307 St Gregory's title, " Servant of the servants of God," expresses the maxim of his government, 308 The fourteen books of St Gregory's letters range over every subject in the whole Church, 309 The special relation between the sees of St Peter and St Mark, 311 Asserts his supremacy to the Lombard queen Theodelinda, 311 St Gregory appoints the bishop of Aries to be over the metropolitans of Gaul, 312 The venture of St Gregory in attempting the conversion of England, 313 St Augustine commended to queen Brunechild and consecrated by the bishop of Aries, and the English Church made by Gregory, 315 Work of St Gregory in the Spanish Church, 316 He relates the martyrdom of St Hermenegild, 316 His letters to St Leander of Seville, 317 Conversion of king Bechared, 318 St Gregory's letter of congratulation to him, 318 Letter of king Bechared informing the Pope of his conversion, 321 Gibbon's account of the government which was the result of Bechared's conversion, 322 The important principles thus consecrated by the Church, 324 Overthrow of the Arian kingdoms in Africa, Spain, Gaul, and Italy, between Pope Felix III and Pope Gregory L, 325 The equal failure of Genseric, Euric, Gondeband, and Theodorick, 327 The part in this which the Catholic bishops had, 329 The Spanish monarchy first of many formed by the Church, 331 Superiority of this government to the Byzantine absolutism, 332 St Gregory as fourth doctor of the western Church, 334 St Gregory as a chief artificer in the Church's second victory, 33S Summary of St Gregory's action as metropolitan patriarch and Pope, 337 Councils held by him in Eome : protection of monks, 338 His management of the Patrimonium Petri, 340 His success with schismatics and heretics, 341 The Primacy from St Leo to St Gregory 342 The continued rise of the bishop of Constantinople, 343-5 The political degradation and danger of Rome, 345 Long disaster reveals still more the purely spiritual foundation of the Primacy 346 Testimony given by the disappearance of the Arian governments and the conversion of Franks and Saxons, 347 The patriarchate of Constantinople imposed by civil law, 348 The Nicene constitution in the East impaired by despotism and heresy, 349 The persistent defence of this constitution by the Popes, 350 The Petra Apostolica in the sixty Popes preceding Gregory, 352 As discerned by Hurter in the time of Pope Innocent III., 353 As in the time from Pope Innocent III to Leo XIII., 355 The continuous Primacy from St Peter to St Gregory, 355 As Rome diminishes the Primacy advances, 356 The times in which it was exercised by St Gregory, 358 The opposing forces which unite to sustain the Petra Apostolica, 359 Index, 361 Digitized by Google.

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